Germany Demographics Profile 2013

Population

81,305,856 (July 2012 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 13.2% (male 5,499,555/female 5,216,066)
15-24 years: 10.9% (male 4,539,977/female 4,339,221)
25-54 years: 42.2% (male 17,397,266/female 16,893,585)
55-64 years: 13% (male 5,236,617/female 5,354,262)
65 years and over: 20.7% (male 7,273,915/female 9,555,392) (2012 est.)

Median age

total: 45.3 years
male: 44.2 years
female: 46.3 years (2012 est.)

Population growth rate

-0.2% (2012 est.)

Birth rate

8.33 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Death rate

11.04 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)

Net migration rate

0.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 74% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major cities - population

BERLIN (capital) 3.438 million; Hamburg 1.786 million; Munich 1.349 million; Cologne 1.001 million (2009)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 3.51 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.81 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 80.19 years
male: 77.93 years
female: 82.58 years (2012 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.41 children born/woman (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.1% (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

67,000 (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 1,000 (2009 est.)

Sanitation facility access

improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population

Nationality

noun: German(s)
adjective: German

Ethnic groups

German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1% (made up largely of Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish)

Religions

Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other 28.3%

Languages

German

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2006)

Education expenditures

4.5% of GDP (2007)

Maternal mortality rate

7 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

1.1% (2005)

Health expenditures

8.1% of GDP (2009)

Physicians density

3.531 physicians/1,000 population (2008)

Hospital bed density

8.17 beds/1,000 population (2008)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

12.9% (2003)